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Flummery

Flummery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flummery? [n] meaningless ceremonies and flattery [n] a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flummery: mummery Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flummery: absurdity \| amphigory \| babble \| babblement \| balderdash \| bibble-babble \| blabber \| blather \| bombast \| claptrap \| double-talk \| drivel \| drool \| fiddledeedee \| fiddle-faddle \| folderol \| fudge \| fustian \| gabble \| galimatias \| gammon \| gibber \| gibberish \| gibble-gabble \| gobbledygook \| hocus-pocus \| humbug \| jabber \| jargon \| mumbo jumbo \| narrishkeit \| niaiserie \| nonsense \| pack of nonsense \| palaver \| prate \| prattle \| rant \| rigamarole \| rigmarole \| rodomontade \| rubbish \| skimble-skamble \| stuff and nonsense \| stultiloquence \| trash \| trumpery \| twaddle \| twattle \| twiddle-twaddle \| vaporing \| waffling See Also \| hokum \| meaninglessness \| nonsense \| nonsensicality \| pudding Flummery In Webster's Dictionary \Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.] 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. --Locke. 2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. The flummery of modern criticism. --J. Morley.

Flummery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flummery?

[n] meaningless ceremonies and flattery
[n] a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flummery: mummery

Flummery In Webster's Dictionary

\Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of
food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned
sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]
1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a
   sort of pap.

         Milk and flummery are very fit for children.
                                               --Locke.

2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment;
   trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.

         The flummery of modern criticism.     --J. Morley.

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